These Cherry Preserves are quick and easy! There is just one simple addition that makes them tower over all the rest! Stock up on Summer’s bounty and enjoy all year! I spread mine on black pepper honey ricotta toast for an easy snack or breakfast. I can’t eat cherry preserves with a spoon. That guilty…

Tuesday was my fiancé’s birthday! His birthday dessert request is always yellow cake with chocolate frosting, but this year I decided to make his favorite birthday treat into cupcakes! If you have spent anytime around my fiancé and I in the past year, you are well aware of our cupcake obsession, so it may come…

Ahhhh the eternal problem: what to do with the ubiquitous over-ripe bananas? I freeze them for smoothies; I dip them in chocolate and then freeze them for an instant dessert; and I throw them in muffin batter for a nutritious snack. Then there comes a moment when my freezer fills up and I am kicking…

Last night I made the most delectable twist on barbecued chicken that I have tasted in awhile. The sweet and spicy combination of maple, molasses and chipotle chilies create a veritable flavor explosion! If you read my previous Barbecued Chicken post several months ago, my enthusiasm should be no shock! This Maple & Chipotle Barbecued…

It’s time for our monthly Cooking Light recipe! I’ve decided, because I’m in charge here after all, that once a month we can break our bonds to old American cookbooks and heritage recipes in honor of one of my favorite cooking magazines. Last month it was the Meyer Lemon Chicken and this month I…

These are not your average cakey, box-mix brownies. While those brownies have a certain charm, these are a chocoholic’s dream! I just need to take a moment to rave about these brownies. They are dense, chocolatey, chewy, and rich with a perfect crispy exterior. Arguably the best thing is that they are just as easy…

I am so proud to be an American (always but this week especially). From the Boston Tea Party to the Boston Marathon Bombing, Bostonians embody what it means to be an American. That is part of what this blog is all about: who we are, what we believe in, and as a reminder of how…

I’ve never made stuffed peppers before, but the idea has always fascinated me. A whole balanced meal wrapped up in one tidy package. It’s genius. There are hundreds of traditional varieties across as many cultures, but this recipe appears to be influenced mostly by the Eastern European recipes. Good Housekeeping (1955 Edition) has labeled it…

Good Morning! French toast makes me think of Summer visits to Nana’s house in Washington D.C. I would wake up and she would be in the kitchen making French toast, and then we would explore the City’s historic sites together. Several trips to the Daughter’s of the American Revolution Museum (DAR) were a necessity, and…

I am a bread pudding aficionado. If there is bread pudding on a dessert menu, I will order it without hesitation: it even trumps chocolate. Apparently bread pudding was one of those dessert staples in The New World, because there is at least one recipe in every heritage cookbook. My fiancé and I consider ourselves…

Yesterday was the kind of day that reminds me why I live in Atlanta: 80° and sunny with blue skies studded with puffy cumulous clouds. The only thing that yesterday needed was chocolate. Yes, chocolate would make it perfect. Luckily on a book buying binge in St Louis (I have a problem. It’s okay. I…

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